Linus Pankau

Linus Pankau (23 November 1902-18 August 1961) was a member of the Nazi Party.

Biography
Linus Pankau was born on 23 November 1902 in Taufkirchen, Bavaria, German Empire to a family of Catholic South Germans. Pankau wanted to volunteer for service in World War I, but he was too young to fight in the Imperial German Army. When the war ended in 1919 with the unfair Treaty of Versailles and the German Revolution, Pankau was angered, blaming Germany's defeat on the Jews and on communism, leading to him joining the Nazi Party to reunite Germany under a strong dictator. Pankau was one of the marchers in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, and he took part in various assassinations and political attacks. Pankau became a Reichstag member in 1938, holding his seat for several more years under Adolf Hitler during World War II. Pankau was captured by the Allied Powers while fleeing to Odense in Denmark, and he was later paroled and released, as he was not responsible for any war crimes. He died in 1961 in Berlin.